3:26 AM,
Aug. 1, 2012

Shelli Yoder

Written by

Grace Schneider
| The Courier-Journal

Shelli Yoder, the Democrat hoping to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Todd Young in Indiana's 9th Congressional District, challenged her opponent Tuesday to 13 town-hall-style debates in each of the district's counties.

Young's camp responded by accusing Yoder of seeking media attention rather than making a sincere effort to arrange debates.

Yoder said in an announcement that the meetings would allow more voters to gain access to the candidates and she noted that Young himself had challenged Democratic incumbent Baron Hill, whom he ultimately ousted, to several debates during the 2010 ...